MORE THOUGHTS ON FRIENDSHIP “Doppelganger” is a name for an alter ego, usually presumed to be someone who is dead or in another dimension, though not necessarily. One of the most fascinating doppelganger stories is a work of fiction by Henry James called “The Jolly Corner,
THE DOUBLE SUNRISE SHELL For his birthday, I recently took a friend to lunch at an Italian restaurant. I would have loved a glass of wine but as he wanted none, I also refrained. He would have loved a bite of my dessert if I had ordered it, but I seldom eat sweets. While he sat amazed
CONSPIRACY THEORY ONE TRILLION AND ONE Recently, a friend sent me information on a group that is attempting to “educate” people about United Nation’s Security Council Resolution 21, established in 1947, which these patriots believe is a ploy by certain power brokers to achieve w
Saw your blog about the Euro song fest. I remember them as far back as the 1960s. England had a winner one of those years, a catchy tune that I can no longer remember. How lovely to be taken back to that special time and place of my youth. I had no idea thoses fests were still continu
LOOKING FOR A PATTERN Eric Hoffer was an unschooled, original thinker who was frowned upon by academia despite his literary acclaim. His most recognized book, “The True Believer,” explains how mass movements arise and, given events in the Middle East, it has gained a new r
THE LAST LAUGH When I was an undergraduate, my college put juniors through a grueling set of qualifying exams before they could enter their senior year. These exams occupied eight hours so that by dinner time, students staggered to the cafeteria, squinting like ground hogs on the firs
WHAT DOES THE BOOK MARKET WANT? There have been a number of writers of late who have attempted to pass their fiction off as fact and have been exposed, all of them authors of best sellers. One doesn’t have to ponder long to understand why they did it. Statistically, non-fiction has